[FOR HIRE] Fractional Presales Engineer / Network & Security Architect — fast deal support (Remote, Pacific Time)

Hi, I’m a senior Presales Engineer / Network, Wireless & Security Consultant (15+ years) available for fractional presales and deal support. If you’re a sales rep, founder, MSP, VAR, or small team that needs the technical bottleneck removed (without the “ivory tower” vibe), I can help you move faster and close cleaner. What I do (practical, deal-focused) Solution validation / design sanity checks (catch red flags before they blow up a deal) BOM + quote review (right-sizing, alternatives, “will this actually work?”) Network + wireless architecture & diagrams (simple, client-ready) Security & networking guidance (segmentation, firewall placement, VPN, SD-WAN fits, etc.) RFP/RFI responses + security questionnaires (tight, accurate, on-time) Pre-sales handoff support (what to tell delivery + what to avoid promising) Areas I’m strong in Enterprise networking (routing/switching, WAN, DC) Wireless (design considerations, coverage/capacity thinking, practical troubleshooting patterns) Security (firewalls, VPN, segmentation, pragmatic zero-trust approaches) Vendor-heavy environments (Cisco / Arista / Juniper / Fortinet / Palo Alto / NVIDIA, plus Dell/HPE ecosystem conversations) AI / LLM (when it helps) I also help teams apply AI in a practical way—especially around presales speed and repeatability: Guidance on local vs cloud LLM setups, cost/perf tradeoffs, and basic guardrails Building “internal assistant” concepts over docs/runbooks (RAG-style approaches) Engagement options Hourly (quick consults, design review, proposal cleanup) Half-day / day-rate (sprints to finish an RFP, finalize a design, unblock a deal) Rush help (end-of-quarter reality) Typical rates (transparent) $150/hr standard $200/hr after-hours / rush $1,200/day (If you’ve got a fixed budget, tell me — I’ll propose a tight scope.) How to reach me DM only (please don’t comment “DM sent”). Include: what you’re selling / trying to close current architecture (even rough) + constraints (budget, timeline) what you need from me (review, diagram, RFP help, etc.) your deadline submitted by /u/Gravita8 [link] [comments]